Bhubaneswar: The Department of Mission Shakti has 7 million women organised into 6 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs), Minister, Women and Child Development Department, Basanti Hembram said today. Addressing a presser here on Saturday, Hembram said for the first time in the history credit flow to SHGs has crossed Rs. 11,000 crore in 2022-23.
This is a quantum leap over a period of 8 years. The average loan size has also seen a big jump from Rs. 1.06 lakh in 2016-17 to Rs. 3.01 lakh today. This quantum jump was boosted by the State Government decision to provide zero interest loans upto Rs. 5 lakh.
In the past four years, Rs. 587 crore has been reimbursed directly to bank accounts of more than 4 lakh SHGs with Rs. 216 crore in the last year alone, she added.
The Minister was joined by Sujata Kartikeyan, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Mission Shakti Department, at the presser which was held after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s review of the Department’s performance.
She said that reduction in NPA of SHG loans from 14.2% to 1.99% was a phenomenal feat. “This is one of the lowest in the country. For the first time, 1103 GPs in Odisha are NPA Free.”
Below are the performance highlights of Mission Shakti shared by the Department on the occasion:
Business Correspondent Agents (BCAs)
To reach the unreached, Mission Shakti has placed more than 2318 SHG members as BCAs in unbanked GPs across Odisha having a business of Rs 1159 crore during last year with earnings of Rs 3.68 crore.
Powered by the Cabinet decision to provision Government goods and services worth Rs. 5000 crore from SHGs, Rs. 4949.14 crore worth of Government business has already been facilitated in convergence with 20 Government departments.
Convergence guidelines have been prepared to incentivize the role of SHG in different schemes. This has created opportunities for more than 1 lakh SHGs and enhanced their economic standing by generating a cumulative income of Rs. 1226 crore in the last 4 years. 11008 clusters have been promoted under different livelihood sectors.
Apart from this, Mission Shakti SHGs have taken up a range of diverse activities helping them transform to SMEs.
a) Mission Shakti Cafe
Mission Shakti Cafes across the State provide healthy and nutritious food to people in a homely setting while being a good source of revenue generation for SHG members. 102 such cafes have already been set up. WIth high quality training being provided by Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), these cafes have a daily footfall of 50-100 and average monthly earning of Rs. 50,000.
b) APC Clusters
1,700 PGs in the farm sector under 73 clusters have been supported under the Agriculture Production Cluster (APC) programme. Additionally, 30 Producer Companies (PCs) have also been formed. 28,575 MT vegetables valued at more than Rs. 67 crore has been sold last year by 50,100 PG members.
c) Millet Shakti Cafe
1,147 Millet Enterprises have been established by SHGs, promoting healthy and sustainable food practices.
d) Pisciculture
Pisciculture by 13,431 SHGs in 13501 GP tanks has led to a business turnover of Rs. 139 crore.
To promote market oriented activities and to help transform SHGs to SMEs, the Department is focused on new age skilling for SHG members in the areas of agri ventures, fashion design, beauty and wellness, food and retail sector and so on.
Mobility is Empowerment
This budget has the Mission Shakti Scooter scheme, where two lakh members will be covered. Interest Subvention for loans upto Rs. 1 lakh for purchase of scooter will be borne entirely by the State Government.
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